The President of the Bulgarian Athletic Federation Dobromir Karamarinov was elected interim President of the European Athletic Association until October 21. Karamarinov replaces European Athletics President Svein Arne Hansen who suffered a severe stroke and has to recover from this illness. Te decision was taken at a video conference meeting of the Executive Board of the European Athletics. According to the rules of the federation, in the event of the President’s inability to perform his duties, the First Vice President of the European Athletics becomes in charge until the next congress. Dobromir Karamarinov has been serving his second term in office as First Vice President of European Athletics. He is a member of the World Athletics Council and President of the Association of the Balkan Athletics Federations since 2010.
Three Bulgarian tennis players have advanced to the quarterfinals of the Roland Garros Junior Championships, BTA reports. Rositsa Dencheva defeated the 16th seed, Laima Vladson of Lithuania, 7–5, 6–4, and will face Luna Maria Sinalli..
Bulgarian tennis player Viktoriya Tomova achieved a decisive victory at the start of the WTA 125 tournament on clay with a prize fund of 100,000 euros in the Italian city of Bari. Tomova won 6:0, 6:2 against Guiomar..
Rositsa Dencheva got off to a flying start at the French open tennis tournament Roland-Garros. In the girls’ singles she won versus against No. 2 seed Kristina Penickova, USA, by 6-4, 6-1. One more Bulgarian player qualified for the..
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